Our Blessed Mother, the Tower of Ivory

9 comments:

Love the detail and feel of this piece. But I have two criticisms regarding the pose of Our Lady.

My greatest criticism is Our Lady's face. There's something about it that looks a bit off to me...perhaps intentional, but I find the nose appears too "flat", and face, overall, is a bit long, giving a masculine feel.

Also, I'm a little concerned about the left arm...it appears that elbow is out in front of figure rather than behind/beside. This "reads" as an awkward pose for left arm, rather like elbos is twisted strangely. Maybe this is just me and others aren't bothered by it?

Hey! I get the message about Emory webdrive, too, and I expect is has something to do with me, because I work at Emory (and actually use Emory Webdrive). Thought I was the only one getting this, but I guess not!!! No idea why it's happening....

The face is the least successful part of the drawing, and i agree--less about masculinity than she appears to be in a bit of a snit, on retrospection. It's also a bit marred by the scanner.

I think you are also right about the left (her left, I assume) arm; the elbow piece sort of disguises the fact that the upper and lower parts of the arm are (I see now) too widely spaced apart and should meet at more of a right angle.

Catholicgal--that was deliberate on my part, as Our Lady is also the Tower of David. Anyway, the Star of David was not unknown in Christian art from very early on; perhaps even before it became adopted by Judaism.

Bphatke--I used a very plain mechanical pencil, very cheap. It's not the best but I love using it.